Hexagram 48: The Well → Hexagram 40: Deliverance

The Well
Water / Wind
Deliverance
Thunder / Water
Changing LinesStable Lines

Changing Lines

This transformation involves 3 changing lines (lines 3, 4, 5).

Trigram Changes

Upper TrigramWater ThunderThe Deep → The Arousing
Lower TrigramWind WaterThe Gentle → The Deep

Yilin Verse

井者有悔,渴蜺為怪。不亟徙鄉,家受其殃。

The well brings regret; a thirsty mirage becomes a portent. If one does not swiftly leave this place, the household suffers the calamity.

— Jiao Yanshou, Yilin (Forest of Changes), 1st century BCE

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